5 Beijing Garden Tours to Plan a Day Around

1.Beijing Historical Tour II including Summer Palace, Lama Temple & Panda Garden

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 187 reviews · from $93Our pick

Spend about seven hours visiting Lama Temple, the Summer Palace and Beijing’s Panda Garden with an English-speaking guide. The tour includes transport, lunch, entrance fees and hotel pickup within the Fourth Ring Road. Expect a silk demonstration, and possibly extra shopping or tea stops.

“We didn't spend more than 10 minutes at the Zoo and wasn't able to visit gift shop. We spent too long at Summer Palace but no boat ride just many stories which I didn't understand as the guide spoke so fast. Then we visited a place fRead more”

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2.Beijing：Jingshan Park (Palace Museum Garden) Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 185 reviews · 4 hours · from $6Best value

Spend up to four hours exploring Jingshan Park, climb Prospect Hill for a full view of the Forbidden City, and use the English PDF guide to find imperial pavilions and garden corners. Choose a self-guided visit, or add help separately, since live guides and audio guides are not included.

“As they comment on the description, send your information details via email or within the application and they'll send you the QR code yo show at the entrance of the site. Usually they communicate with you via WhatsApp sometimes a day before your reservation. If you go at the afternoon, you'll find a lot of people. Better to go as early as possible.”

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3.Online Cooking Class Beijing Dumplings and Cuisine by Sunflowerli Renowned Chef

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 65 reviews · from $20Top rated

Join Chef Sunflower Li, also known as Miss Li, for a private 60 to 90 minute Zoom cooking class from Beijing. Choose dumplings, hand-pulled noodles, dim sum, fried rice, mapo tofu, kung pao chicken, or a vegan dish. You shop for the ingredients, then cook from scratch together.

“Sunflower was able to communicate her charm through Zoom. She was very organized and had prepared us before the class with all the ingredients. Sunflower was able to walk a party of 6 on how to make the most authentic delicious steam buns. She will ask you about dietary restrictions and cater the menu to your preference. Great experience over all”

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4.JingShan park (palace museum garden) entry ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 18 reviews · 1 day · from $6

Enter Beijing’s Jingshan Park, the former imperial garden beside the Forbidden City. Walk to the 45.7-meter summit, visit Wanchun Pavilion, and look across the palace roofs and old city. The $6 ticket covers admission, architecture, scenery, and cultural exhibits, with no guide or meal included.

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5.YuanMingYuan Park (Garden of Gardens) e-Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 10 reviews · 1 day · from $9

Visit Yuanmingyuan, Beijing’s vast Old Summer Palace, with an admission e-ticket and English visual guide. You’ll see Qing Dynasty gardens, lakes, ruined marble halls, and Western-style architecture. Panda Happy Journey in China sends the ticket and guide, but no live or audio guide is included.

“Panda is very responsible, gave us the details of e-tickets and PDF guide book, and made sure tickets and book worked. Also Panda tried to give us advice and help when we needed. Everything went smoothly and we enjoyed our time in Yuanmingyuan. Thanks Panda! We will definitely use this company when we come back Beijing again.”

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